Although officially it is said he won't be in the fim since there is more filming to be done next year and perhaps scenes from the battle of 5 armies.

Basically I think he needs to be in the movie and perhaps his chance has now come... Even just a random Dwarf on the battlefield a few scenes would be great. I think of Zoltan from flash gordon as a dwarf and well it just has to be in!!! :)

Just wanted to say I am sure Billy Connelly will be great but I am hoping for the best of both on this one and if 2 films can become 3 then I cannot see it being such a wild impossibility of him being re-cast back in.

First time poster well second now and cannot figure out how to hyperlink. anyway hello all been lurking around here for a bit

But I never expected that we would end up with him, despite IMDb rumours. Still, if Connolly can put his Tolkien prejudice behind him then he has the potential to make a great Dain, he's actually a very good serious actor (see him in Mrs Brown).

Come to think of it Blessed would have made a great Tom Bombadil! "Radagast is, of course, a worthy wizard, a master of shapes and changes of hue, and he has much lore of herbs and beasts, and birds are especially his friends."-Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings.